John Slatton (bef. 1771 - abt. 1819)

Born before 1771 in Surry, North Carolina [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about Apr 1819 after about age 48 in Hawkins, Tennessee, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Captain John Slatton served in the Tennessee Militia in the War of 1812
Service started: December 12, 1813
Unit(s): 5th Drafted Militia (Booth's)
Service ended: June 2, 1815

This profile is part of the Slaton Name Study.

This profile represents Captain John Slatton/Slaten of Hawkins County, Tennessee, formerly of Greenville District, South Carolina. This man's date and location of birth are unknown. There is no provable father for Captain John, only family stories that he might be the son of a John. ^[1]

He relocated from Greenville County, South Carolina, to Hawkins County, Tennessee.

He apparently married a woman named Mary, but where or when is still being researched.

He served as a Captain in an East Tennessee militia company, where he signed receipts as "John Slaten," but printed muster cards for his company show "Capt. John Slatton."

John's death date is estimated from a legal case mentioned in the Hawkins County Court Minutes for 1819.

His age at death is not known, since his birth date is not known.

Research Notes

Birthplace - Capt. John was probably born in Surry (now Stokes Co) North Carolina.^[1] but he might have been born in Virginia.

Surname - Some descendants say and spell the surname with "short" vowel sound in the first syllable and others with the "long" sound, even among siblings. The spellings of Slaten, Slatton and Slatten are found in the sparse records, sometimes more than one in any one document. As can be inferred from records below, we do not know if JOhn pronouced his suname with "long" or "short" letter a.

Residence - It should also be noted that locations in Hawkins County before 1844 might be found in present-day Hancock County.

Death - John had been pursuing legal action against Eli Overton, ^[2] but the suit was abated in April 1819 because of his (John's) death. Mary Slatten was appointed his administratrix, and the court revived the case and ultimately decreed in her favor. This record is the basis for his probable death location in Hawkins County (or present-day Hancock) , as well as his wife's name, as she was likely the administratrix. ^[3]

From 1790 South Carolina records to 1814, and east Tennessee records from 1820 to 1850, there are at least two adult John Slatton/Slatens in these locations. Attributing records to any particular John is necessarily speculative, as the earliest recorded death of a John in South Carolina is in 1814, and an administration note names the deceased as John Slaton Junr. Determining which records apply to which John is a problem. Purely anecdotal information from 20th century obituaries claim that John Slaton/Slattons going back to 18th-19th century South Carolina were universally named John Henry, but there is no real basis for that in records seen so far. ^[1]

Found in the files and books of Alton Lee Greene of Sanger, Texas, is a family story that Capt. John married Mary "Polly" Edwards. ^[4] Documents suggest is that the administration of a lawsuit estate fell to Mary Slatten,^[3] but none confirm her as a former Edwards or that she is his widow. However, in an land transaction cited below, Mary Slaton relinquishes dower, confirming John's marriage to a Mary. The first suggestion of a John Slatton's move to Hawkins County, Tennessee might be an 1807 sale of 150 acres in Greenville District, South Carolina to Benjamin Harris for $300. ^[5] John's first purchase of land (found so far) in Hawkins County occurred in 1809 when he paid $500 to David McCoy for 200 acres on War Creek. ^[6] He recouped the $500 by year's end after selling half of this land to Thomas Coffey. ^[7] Despite this transaction, John was taxed on the full 200 acres in 1811. ^[8]

How many Johns?

A "traditional" treatment in speculative genealogy is that an older John Slatton lived in North Carolina, then Greenville District South Carolina, where he might have died, married to a woman named Anne, while a younger John H. Slatton lived in South Carolina and then Hawkins County, Tennesee, and served as a Captain in the War of 1812, dying in either Hawkins or Hancock County, Tennessee, married to a woman named Mary, who inherited a lawsuit in 1819, because of the death of her presumed husband John.

Whether the younger is a son of the older man is not proven, as no estate record in either South Carolina or Tennessee names a John as as son of a John before 1836. Another possibility is that the John Slatton found in 1771 North Carolina is the same man as John H. Slatton found in Tennessee, possibly married twice, and possibly predecased by a younger man named John sometime in 1814. This cannot be overlooked as a possibilty, although it is not mooted in the older narratives read by this submitter.

Possible father for this John

Land transactions and census show John Slatton Sr, and John Slatton Jr. in Greenville District South Carolina, but treatments already mentioned by Alton Greene of Sanger, Texas, and others have recorded the assumption that the man at this profile is a son of John Slaton, while no documentary evidence (so far) shows this (as might be found in an estate record.) The father of the man at this profile is unknown, so such a relationship is marked here as UNCERTAIN.

Some researchers have suggested that an intestate record that might apply to John Slaton does not mention an heir named John, because of evidence that such an heir had removed to Tennessee by December 1807. ^[5] Others, however, hold rigidly to the idea that any legal heir had to be mentioned by the administrator of an intestate record, particularly if the widow of the deceased survives. Yet others have construed the presence of Slaton men and women recorded in two transactions cited below, on facing leaves of Greenville South Carolina Deed Book I (letter "eye," not numeral one); all selling land to Benjamin Harris, to indicate the selling of an estate by siblings of an inheritance, in two separate deeds. The 1807 deed recorded 1808, mentions "a conditional line...made by John Slaton Senr & John Slaton Junr..." while the 1811 deed, recorded 1812, clearly references a "Conditional line between Harris and Slaton." This implies that 1811 boundaries are reflecting the 1807 sale to Benjamin Harris by John Slaton, then of Hawkins County, Tennessee. A witness of the 1807 deed is Joseph Slaton, certainly related to all of the people on these facing leaves. ^[5]

Land transactions

COMMENT: Land descriptions below probably apply to the man at this profile, but there was more than one (perhaps three) men named John Slaton/Slatton in Greenville District, South Carolina, and identifying the John(s) in east Tennessee with them is speculative. Numerous transactions before and after these are recorded in Greenville South Carolina, but because of John Jr. and Sr. in Greenville, only those in Hawkins County Tennesssee are most likely to apply to Capt John, as these can be taken to indicate a move by at least one of them to Hawkins County, Tennessee. But in an excess of caution, two transcations in Greenville suggest lands that came to be in the ownership of Capt. John.

1796 - "The following deed of conveyance from Bartholomew Wood to John Slaten being proved before John Blackwell, Esquire by the oath of John Slaten Junior was presented and recorded this 11th day of August 1796. State of Carolina, Know all men by these present that I, Bartholomew Wood of Greenville District and State aforesaid in consideration of the sum of eighty Eagles to me paid by John Slaten Senr certain tract of land lying on both sides of the Middle Fork of Saluda River containing one hundred and fifty acres of land beginning on a post oak running 55 E 32-75 to a simmon on John Brandon's land, thence S 35 W 38-78 to estate of Vacant land, thence 35 W 38-75 to the beginning...witness my hand and seal this 9th day of April in the year of our Lord 1796...
Teste
John Chandler Bartholomew (X) Wood LS
John Slaten Jr Patsey (XT) Wood
Bartholomew Wood to John Slaten being proved before John Blackwell, Esquire by the oath of John Slaten Junior was presented and recorded this 11th day of August 1796. State of Carolina: Know all men by these present that I, Bartholomew Wood of Greenville District and State aforesaid in consideration of the sum ...me paid by John Slaten Senr [skip] 9 of April in the year of our Lord 1796 [skip] [acknowledgment of above Deed] ^[9]
By mentioning Brandon's line, this appears to be land sold to Benjamin Harris in 1807 by John Slaton "of Hawkins County, Tennessee" cited below. How did he come to have clear title to sell if he was John Slaten Jr.?

Deed of Sale; 15th of October 1798, [rec 31st Jan 1799]; Greenville District South Carolina. Know all men by these presents that I John Slaton of Greenville County ... in consideration of [$150] paid by Abner Norris .... [sell to Norris] 100 acres of land up the [Saluda River] to the mouth of the Oil Camp Creek [Thomas Young's line mentioned]. Mary Slaton, wife of the within mentioned John Slaton [relinquishes dower] Jan 31 1799 George Salmon (seal) ^[10]

1799 - All of the non-Slaton surnames found in this entry are notably census neighbors or involved in deeds and court records with Slatons (Brock, Sammons/Salmon. Norris); and note that this reads as Edward, not Edmund Slaton: "James Brock of Greenville District, paid to John Sammons $200, for a tract or parcel on the Ready River, near the S side of Parises mountain, 150 acres, David Brock's line, Sammon's line, witnessed John Slaton, David Norris, Edward Slaton." ^[11] Because there were two John Slatons in Greenville, this could apply to either.

1807 - Deed of sale: 18 December 1807, Greenville District, South Carolina. "John Slaton of the State of Tennessee Hawkins County," to Benjamin Harris, 150 acres situated on both sides of the middle fork of the Saluda River and was bounded as follows: "beginning on a white Oak on Oil Camp Creek Strate line to original line a conditional line to the river, made by John Slaton Senr & John Slaton Junr ... thence along the S line to Thomas Young's line to a conditional line made by John Slaton & Thomas Norris thence acrost to Oyl Camp Creek to a black gum up the said creek to the beginning" witnessed by James Gilliland and Joseph Slaton.^[5] This is clearly Capt. John Slatton. How did he come to own it unless he was the original purchaser John Slaton Sr.?

1810 - Deed of Sale: recorded March session 1810, Hawkins County, Tennessee, David McCoy to John Slaton Registered 6th of [Jan 1811] this indenture made this 24 June [1809] between David McCoy [Grainger co TN] and John Slaton [Hawkins co TN] [McCoy sells] for $500 in hand paid [200 acres of land in Hawkins co TN] on War Creek ... [witnesses John Bryant Thomas Johnston Archibald McCoy signed David McCoy] Richard Mitchell, clerk^[6]

1811 - Deed of sale: John Slaton to Thomas Coffey Registered Jan 6 1811 This indenture made this 20th day of November [1809] Between John Slaton of the county of Hawkins [TN] ... and Thomas Coffey of the county and state aforesaid ... the said John Slaton [for] $500 in hand [sells to] Thomas Coffey ... 100 acres of land [in Hawkins co] on War Creek ... [in presence of: John Bryan, Acquila Donahoo, Benj Coffey [signed] John Slaton ^[7]

1812 - John Sammon will: this Greenville will left by John Sammon, witnessed 18 February 1812, is cited here because he mentions a tract of land he "bot of Slaton" without fully naming the seller, so this could apply to the man at this profile. ^[12] He mentions lands shown in the Grantee Index as bought from Wm Tinsley (1805, Book G 384, 20 acres), Elijah Gorman (1799, Book E page 222, 29 acres), and James Brock (1799, Book E page 246 150 acres) all on Reedy River, but no Slaton is found there.

1817 - Three years after an intestate probate record for John Slaton Junr’s 1814 estate, Benjamin Harris bound himself to provide clear title to Greenville lands purchased by Aaron Slaton decribed as “one hundred and fifty acres more or less as described by a deed given by John Slaton to [Benjamin] Harris the 18th Dec 1807 situate on both sides of the Middle Fork of Saluda River Beginning on a White Oak Oil Camp Creek straight line to the original line a conditional line to the River made by John Slatton Senr and John Slatton Junr....”.^[13] This land was once owned by Capt. John Slatton. This was recorded on 1 Oct 1840, the same day as the recording of Aaron Slatton selling this land.

1840 - A record that might reflect back to the 1807 entry and the 1814 estate and certainly to 1817 above: Aaron of Hall County, Georgia sells his land once held by John Slatton and defined by boundaries established by John Jr. and John Sr.:

Recorded in Greenville South Carolina Deed Book T, page 369
State of Georgia, Hall County, 18 August 1840
Aaron Slaton [of Hall County, Georgia, sells to] Micajah T Smith [of Henderson, North Carolina]...a good & lawful title to a certain tract or parcel of land containing one hundred and fifty acres more or less as described by a deed given by John Slatton to Benjamin Harris the 18th Dec 1807 [in Greenville District, South Carolina] situate on both sides of the Middle Fork of Saluda River Beginning on a White Oak now cut down a Beach marked near to the same place on the Bank of Camp Oyl Creek straight line to the original Braden's line conditional lines to the River near Wood's line made by John Slatton Senr and John Slatton Junr to a Black Gum on the River thence down the River to the mouth of Spring Branch to a Red Oak conditional corner from thence to the original line thence along said line to Thomas Young's line to a conditional line now belonging to Jonathan Potts Senr marked by John Slatton & Thomas Morris (etc.)...recorded Oct 1 1840.^[14]

Note: The John Slattons mentioned are in the context of the 1807 land, not as extant individuals in 1840.

War of 1812

In the Fall 1813 John was one of fifty-eight Hawkins County citizens who petitioned the Tennessee General Assembly to reorganize the three companies of northern Clinch Mountain men into four companies and to elect Majors who live within the bounds of each company. ^[15]

John was elected captain of a Hawkins County company of militia, which was originally attached to Colonel Samuel Bayless' Regiment of General Coulter's Brigade. ^{[16] [17]} That unit became the 5th Regiment under Col. Edwin Booth.^[18]

After the British burned the U.S. capitol and White House in August 1814, Secretary of War James Monroe ordered General Andrew Jackson to bolster defenses in New Orleans against a potential British attack. He called on the southern Governors to reinforce Jackson with their militias. John Slatton's Company mustered more men in Rogersville on November 10th and marched sixty-six miles to Knoxville to rendezvous with the rest of the East Tennessee Militia. Major General Carroll commanded the requisition directly under Jackson's orders in the New Orleans Campaign. ^{[19] [20]} But it is not clear if Capt. John Slatton went with this company to the Mexican Gulf region.

A precis of the New Orleans campaign is found at this citation. ^[21]

It is also unclear if Captain John's Company remained with the main forces or were stationed elsewhere on the march to New Orleans, but most likely they were at Camp Mandeville, near Mobile, Alabama. ^[22] A William Greene serving in the East Tennessee unit stated that they heard the guns from the battle at New Orleans at their camp at Point Mobile, but there is no mention of Capt John. (Three sons of Jeremiah and Ann (Hartley) Green/Greene married three of Capt John's daughters, and this William Greene is almost certainly the one who married Capt. John's daughter Rutha/Ruth Slatton.) ^[23]

John Slaten had been ordered by the Hawkins County, Tennessee court to pay James Jones fourteen dollars for an impressed gun. ^[24] Jones had sued Slaten and court requests to Nashville did not confirm that John was a captain legally authorized to impress arms, yet Capt. John Slaten had issued a receipt for the gun to Jones on Feb 14 1814. Because John signed his receipts and correspondence as Slaten but clerks probably heard his name as Slatten, a Nashville war office clerk in 1815 returned that there was no such man in service. Obviously, clerks who heard the name wrote what they heard, despite John’s personal spelling suggesting a "long a" sound. In 1818 acknowledgment was received proving that Captain John Slaten was authorized to collect guns locally for the use of War of 1812 troops. John’s commission in the Tennessee State Archives, the vouchers acknowledged by his signature, and printed index cards for his unit read as Slaten. It was too late for the captain, who had lost the case and died in 1819. But at least his captaincy was eventually acknowledged. ^[25] His commission was seen in the original and transcribed.^[26] But it should be noted that in the regimental histories prepared by an archivist, "John Slatton" is listed among the captains. ^[22]

Corpl John Slayton - John Slayton was issued a pay voucher No. 295, May 7, 1815, by the State of North Carolina as a Corpl in the "Wake Regiment of Militia," which was redeemed. The man at this profile does not seem a likely candidate to match this record, but it cannot be ignored. ^[27]

Other Court Cases

Already mentioned, but reviewed here:
In 1817, the Hawkins County Tennessee Circuit file Item 1 noted as "damage", John Slatton is plaintiff against Eli Overton, and appears to have won damages, but the matter at hand is illegible, and filed under "Staten, John vs Overton, Eli." ^[2] The suit was abated in April 1819 because of John's death and Mary Slatten was appointed his administratrix, and the court revived the case and ultimately decreed in her favor. This record is the basis for his probable death location in Hawkins County, as well as his wife's name, as she was likely the administratrix. ^[3]

In suits and countersuits between John Slatton and Thomas Johnston noted in Hawkins County Circuit Court minutes for October 1814, and mentioning Asahal Johnston (October term 1815), Thomas Johnston claims that he could not expect a fair judgment in Hawkins or Grainger counties and asks for a venue in Greene County, Tennessee, which was so ordered ^{[24] [28]} In Hawkins, April term 1817, John Slatton was awarded one cent plus costs, ^[29] indicating little sympathy in the court for John’s undetermined complaint, but has to pay costs. Greene County court records, 25 August 1817, show Johnston “not guilty” and he should “go home” and recover costs because of “false claims” made by John Slaton.^[30] The original issue is absent from the minutes, but was apparently filed in an “inferior” court. Please cite the basis of the suit if found.

List of probable issue

On 25 February 1827, a Hawkins County deed of sale shows Elizabeth Orrick, Orphy Green, Nancy Green, Polly Green, Lucy Brewer and Hampton, Hiram and Oliver Slatton sell their one hundred acres on the north side of Clinch Mountain to brother-in-law William Green , as “legitimate heirs of their deceased father John Slatton.” ^[31]

Rutha can be inferred from other records as the wife of William Green above. The other known daughter not mentioned is Martha (Slaton) Johns, wife of Rial Johns. The other daughters appear in subsequent records as Elizabeth (Mrs Robinson Orrick), Orphy (Mrs. John Green), Nancy (Mrs. Joel Green), Polly (Mrs. Benjamin Green), and Lucy (Mrs. Joab Brewer). These constitute a list of his probable issue. A Joseph Slaton who witnesses an 1807 deed cited above might be another son, a sibling or a cousin.

Future Research

COURT: I John Sammon of Greenville District and state of South Carolina [skip] give unto my [son] John Sammons ... part of the land I bot of Slaton ... I give to my son William E Sammon two hundred acres of land ... & part of the tract I bot of Slaton .... ^[32] NOTE: This record above could apply to any number of Slatons in Greenville. The original purchase deed should be findable. It is not in any of the records cited here. The name Sammon and Salmon are found in Greenville, with George Salmon as the official surveyor.

Genetic Clues: DNA Project

Among men who have tested Y DNA, over a dozen men form a grouping that includes (at this time) three men paper-trailed to the Capt John at this entry. The other men paper-trail to a George Slaten/Slatton or a Major Slaten/Slatton. These results are publicly available at the link below. All of these men exhibit a haplogroup I-M253 (aka I1a).

At this time of writing, three of Captain John's descendants are assigned a SNP of I-A11036 shared by three genomically-tested descendants of George and predicted for all direct-male descendants of Major and George in the Project. The genomically-tested descendants of George, however, are assigned a terminal SNP downstream to I-FT21770, while the descendants of Capt John are assigned a downstream of I-FT362069 as of August 2022. The "aging" of these two SNPs are roughly comparable as sharing a common ancestor from about 1750CE to 1800CE. No known or suspected descendant of Major has yet tested for genomic SNP, eagerly sought by the project administrators.

All of the men in this "200 Carolina" grouping at the link below almost certainly share a common paternal ancestor, with remarkably highly matching DYS values.

See the DNA Project at this link: https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/sssfp-ydna/dna-results

Sources

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4. ↑ Greene, Alton Lee. Greene Family Tree of Jeremiah and Anne Hartley Greene (First ed.). Pineville, Louisiana, 1970
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6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} David McCoy Deed to John Slaton, Hawkins County, Tennessee Deed Book 6, Page 279, accessed online at FamilySearch.org on 23 May 2020.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} John Slaton Deed to Thomas Coffey, Hawkins County, Tennessee Deed Book 6, Page 274, accessed online at FamilySearch.org on 23 May 2020.
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10. ↑ Greenville South Carolina Deed Book F, page 528
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25. ↑ Hawkins County, Tennessee Court records in loose papers, Rogersville, Tennessee, 1814-1818. John's commission in the State Archives in Nashville and the vouchers acknowledged by him read as Slaten
26. ↑ Mrs. John Trotwood Moore, Record of Commissions of Officers in the Tennessee Militia, 1796-1811 (Nashville: Tennessee Historical Commission, 1977).
27. ↑ North Carolina Digital Collections, War of 1812 Pay Vouchers, https://digital.ncdcr.gov/Documents/Detail/pay-voucher-john-slayton/858226
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31. ↑ Hawkins County Tennessee Deed Book 15: 424. Deed of sale 26 Feb 1827, recorded 27 June 1836.
32. ↑ 1 Jan 1808 probated 12 Feb 1812 Greenville SC Will Book, Apt 7 File #446

• http://www.joepayne.org/slaton.htm

• United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29K-T4MG : 12 March 2018), John Slatton, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 191; FHL microfilm 882,709.

Acknowledgement

The late Hallie Price Garner (1936-2022), daughter of Etheridge Nathaniel and Florence (Greene) Price was a specialist in East Tennessee genealogy and she strove to obtain records for the Calvin McClung Historical Collection in Knoxville, Tennessee. Many were lost through the misadventures of one of her relatives, who died three years after she was born. He was a distinguished historian of East Tennessee who fell on hard times and apparently sold or otherwise lost original manuscript records left in his care, according to her. She also offered critical analysis of the collection of the Slaton, Greene and Seals family research left by another of her relatives, Alton Lee Greene. Much is owed to her for her efforts.